Mary Epworth on Vocals, Oscar Schmidt OS45CE Electric Autoharp, Rhythm guitar, and wooden spoons.
Will Twynham on Bass/vox live, and almost everything else in the studio.
Horse on Guitar, Banjo and Vox.
Andy Zammit on Drums.
The Suessmilch horns join us whenever we're all in the same country.
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Influences
I love....vintage pop, folk, psych and country. van dyke parks, the beach boys, gene clark, the shangri-las, Dee Christopholus, Wimple Winch, american spring, bobbie gentry, dillard and clark, linda perhacs, judee sill, elyse, the seeds, julie london, emitt rhodes, the nazz, todd rundgren, romanyi rota, kalyi yag, vera bila and kale, hank williams, aphrodite's child, lesley gore, forest, shirley collins, dolly collins, the monkees, mike nesmith, devo, zz top, urge overkill, dennis wilson, gram parsons, will oldham, shudder to think, Michael J Sheehy, Saint Silas Intercession, pearls before swine, incredible string band, the left banke, adapter adapter, Alan Tyler and The Lost Sons Of littlefield, the nightcrawlers, brigitte bardot, serge gainsbourg, lee hazlewood, pilots of japan, tara busch, the free design, the grateful dead, taraif de hadouks, pilots of japan, the sweeney, making planets, emily barker, alan tyler, sumahama, lou christie, margo guryan, love, neil young, plush, sea and cake, sam prekop, archer prewitt, emily barker, forest, nick drake, the blossom toes, the byrds, moby grape, skip spence, tom waits, leonard cohen, vashti bunyan, patsy cline, devo, six finger satellite, sufjan stevens, mark eric, the penny arkade, maitreya kali, the pretty things, judy henske and jerry yester, ramases, allen toussaint
"So exuberant in its ragged glory that you would be very hard-hearted indeed if you weren't moved to smile, to join its rutted rolling procession, its pilgrimage, its parade of smashing cymbals, shivering violins, clamorous voices and a horn section just roused from sleep, but game for the journey to Rome, to Damascus, Samarra, Mecca or simply the end of a cobbled London street."
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"Those much loving of Men An Tol, Mellow Candle and indeed the Owl Service / Hobby Horse collective will find much to swoon about here, featuring a wind weaving cortege of banjos, wooden spoons and other strangely archaic instruments ’the Saddle Song’ is a beguilingly bracing slice of ramshackle woodland rustics, a pagan procession if you like festooned with a deep south funereal march like guile that’s been strangely relocated to the wiles of Wicker Man land. Described by Mary herself as a ’pub shanty’ this crafted relic from a forgotten musical heritage combines enchantment, mystery and a sweetly alluring charm of timeless reverie which if you happen to pass up on will result in you self administering repeat arse kicking routines from here till the next winter solstice. You have been warned."
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"A swooning oompah of a song. Fiddles flurry, backing vocals waltz and it's all wrapped into a compact two minutes. Get a flagon of ale and get stuck in to it.":
Lee Puddefoot- Artrocker
"‘The Saddle Song’ is a gutsy, everything-playing sea shanty that - like Zach Condon’s Beirut project - takes traditional elements of folk and gives them an invigorating kick up the arse."
Mary Epworth & the Jubilee band - It's 1966, and Shirley Collins is fronting Moby Grape, dating Gene Clark and being produced by Joe Meek. Mary Epworth is down the front, taking notes, whilst the rest of the band try to turn a Banjo into a flux-capacitor.
New! The enchanting video for "the Saddle Song" directed by Tim O'Driscoll!
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thanks for the kind words! we're shortly to be getting our first radio play on 6 music (tom robinson, from whos website i discovered you) exciting stuff... hopefully i can see you perform soon too. rob x
aye, i love the sounds yous're making lots... from dreamy to frolicy to stompy, and all lovely
and aye, i don't know if you know of the big green gathering, but since i get off my home rock rarely to get to the UK, that's where i love hearing stompy swingy folky stuff in a beautiful surrounding... [i'm still lamenting that it wasn't on this summer :/ :) ]
anywaysies, peace and best wishes for yous all, ing
- This is the playlist of my program ‘Moiré’ on Radio Centraal (Antwerp, Belgium). - Voici le playlist de mon programme ‘Moiré’ à Radio Centraal (Anvers, Belgique). - Hier de playlist van mijn programma ‘Moiré’ op Radio Centraal te Antwerpen.
Playlist 10/07/2008:
Raskolnikov : Music for Minsk Elevators Swayzak : The long night Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band : Black doe Dévics : A secret message to you Ms. John Soda : A million times Thalia Zedek : Ship Horse Stories : There is a heart on the harrow Buck 65 : Blood of a young wolf Cocosuma : Cinders Fink : Hush now The Dø : On my shoulders (Querrencia Mix) Lykke Li : Dance. Dance. Dance. Sandie//Trash : Jane B. Serge Gainsbourg : Aux armes et ceatera Françoiz Breut : Conturne-moi Mano Solo : Les poissons Luke : Petite France Cali : Pauvre garçon Berry : Les heures bleues Les Sans Culottes : Les sauvages La Grande Sophie : La liberté Edith Piaf : Ça ira! Claire Diterzi : La musique adoucit le mœurs Jérôme Minière en duo avec Karine Vanasse : Histoire d’espions No One Is Innocent : Revolution. com Dolly : Un jour de rêves Paillon Paravel : Te revolver vert
This month we have Regina Spektor with the theme to the film Prince Caspian (but don’t let that put you off, it is really rather wonderful), Mermaid Skeletons with a great song that’s worth it for the chorus alone, the Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir, who are as good as their name if not more so and finally the legendary Chip Taylor with the thought-provoking Former American Soldier. Great listening, and if you like the tracks, buy the albums!
Small world, huh? I think some people here take it for granted, but Virginia does have some beautiful natural landscapes. Glad you have fond memories of your time here. I'd love to travel to the UK...and maybe someday, I will.
